Point is, when the Aztecs sent backup quarterback Adam Dingwell into the game last week on first-and-goal from the Army 7, they caught the Black Knights off guard.

The offensive line got some nice blocks off. And the speedy sophomore pretty much walked into the end zone untouched.

Six points? Yes please.

The fans have taken to calling Dingwell’s package of plays “the Wildcat.”

But that’s something of a misnomer.

“With the wildcat package, you typically have somebody other than the quarterback accepting the snap from center,” said quarterbacks coach Brian Sipe, who appeared rather bemused by all the attention his backup signal caller is getting for his first career touchdown.

There’s no name for the package of plays the Aztecs have designed for the backup quarterback from Texas who’s too good to languish on the bench this season.

“There are a lot of things that Adam brings to this game and to this team that are positive. I’m not surprised that (offensive coordinator) Andy Ludwig has found a way to get him on the field,” Sipe said. “He’s big and strong, and he’s a hard-charging, hard-hitting runner. We like to put the ball in his hands.”

According to Aztecs’ head coach Rocky Long, the package was originally installed for Dingwell in 2011.

“But we didn’t use it near the way we’re using it this year,” Long said. “We think he’s a better player now, more experienced.”

Dingwell and Ryan Katz competed for the starting quarterback job all through the first two weeks of fall camp. Katz won the job, but the Aztecs realized that they could still make use of Dingwell’s dual threat abilities.

The Aztecs have rolled out the Dingwell-Wildcat package in both games so far.

It didn’t work as well against Washington, but if the touchdown against Army is any indication, crisp execution could make the Dingwell-Wildcat a valuable change of pace for the Aztecs’ offense this season.

It’s all about numbers, really.

“With the wildcat, what you get is an extra blocker because the quarterback carries the ball,” Long said.

The advantage to having Dingwell – as opposed to a running back – operate this pseudo wildcat is that he can throw.

So the Aztecs gain the extra offensive blocker, while also giving themselves a safety valve via the quarterback’s arm in case the defense catches up with Dingwell’s fleet feet.

“It’s a change up,” said North Dakota head coach Chris Mussman, who’s studied copious amounts of Aztec game tape this week. “Anytime you bring in a different style of player, a running back or whatever that might be, it’s a changeup for the defense and the offense.”

And it’s one more thing a defense has to be on the lookout for when it prepares to play SDSU.